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LAW'BEIICE BELL, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR Ti) S. KABPEN 62; BROS, OF CHICAGO, ILLIHGES, A CQBPOBATTON F VERGZNIA SOFA Application filed flctober 2, 1929. Serial No. 3%,865.

This invention relates particularly to sofas, and the primary object is to provide a sofa of simple Construction, upholstered effectively in a luxurious mode in such a simple way as to effect substantial economy in the manufacture.

The invention relates more particularly to the upholstery of the back of a sofa. In accordance with the present invention, the

frame of the sofa-back is provided adjacent the main standards with vertical slots and is also provided with intermediate vertical slots; spring-construction units are mounted on the back-frame with intervening spaces corresponding with the slots mentioned; and a separately formed cushion provided with a skirt portion adapted to house the spring construction unitsis employed, the cushion being provided with intermediate fabric- 29 flaps which pass through the intermediate slots located between the spring-construction units, the skirt and flaps being tacked to the rear portion of the back-frame.

The present application covers a modifica- 'tien of the invention described in my application Serial No. 396,804, filed of even date herewith.

The present invention is illustrated in a pref rred embodiment in the'acc'ompanying 39 drawings, in which F 1, is a perspective view of a sofa embodying the invention previous to the application of the cushion to the spring foundation; 2, a rear perspective view of the improved sofa. the back-cushion being indicated by dotted lines; Fig. 3 a plan sectional view taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 2, assuming the back-cushion to have been applied; Fig. 4, a broken vertical section taken as indicated at line 4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5. a

broken vertical section taken as indicated at line'5 of Fig. :2; and Fig. 6, a broken vertical section taken as indicated at line 6 of Fig. 4.

In the construction shown, A designates a frame; A, a back; A arms; and A a seat. The back-frame is shown as comprising main standards 1 which constitute upward extension of the rear legs; a top cross-memher 2; a lower cross-member 3; inner uprights 4 separated from the main standards by vertical spaces or slots 4 and pairs of intermediate uprights 5, the members of each pair being separated from each other by vertical slots 5 The leg-portions of 1e standards 1 are connected by a cross-member 6, which is separated from the member 3 by horizontal spaces or slots 6 The members 2, 3, 4 and 5 constitute an inner frame which is divided vertically into sections; and these sections having mounted thereon spring-construction units 7. Each unit is shown attached to a foundation comprising webs T and a fabric 7 such as burlap. The webs and burlap are attached to the members 2 3, 4 and 5 by tacks 8 as shown in Fig. 3. V

The spring-unit 7 is shown as comprising a body of light upholstery springs encased in individual fabric-cells. Such springs are known on the market as Marshall springs. A body 7 of such springs is secured to the foundation 7*, 7 by means of stitches 9.

After the spring-structure units have been mounted on the back f ame, they are covered by a fabric 10 which may be of burlap.- This fabric may be stretched over all of the units and secured, by meansof tacks 10 to the upper and lower frame members 2 and 3 as shown in Fig. 5, and to the inner uprights 4, as shown in Fig. 3. i

The burlap 10 is provided with intermediate vertical slots 1O which register with the spaces 11 between the spring-units 7, and the spaces 11, in turn, register with the slots 5 of the back-frame. At the ends of the sofa, the spring units are separated from the arms A byslots 12.

A separately formed back-cushion 13 is applied as a covering to the spring-structure. The cushion is provided with a skirt 13 whose upper and lower members are tacked to the frame members '2 and 3, and whose side members are tacked to the end uprights 4. The cushion preferably is made in connected units which correspond, respectively. in area with the underlying spring units as will be understood from Fig. 3. At the junctions between the cushion units, the

cushion is provided with skirt-portions, or flaps, 13 These flaps extend through the slots 10 11, 5 and are tacked to the uprights 5. Each spring unitmay be covered with a layer of cotton, or the like, 14, before the cushion is applied.

In practice, the skirts of the cushion may be drawn tightly before the tacking opera tion, the effect being to properly stretch the cushion over the. spring foundation as a whole, and also to draw the cushion inward- 1y along vertical lines corresponding with the junctions of the cushion units. In this manner, a very striking upholstery effect may be attained, this effect not being depicted in the drawings. Thus, in Fig. 3, for convenience of illustration, the attaching skirts have not been shown drawn taut.

The cushion 13 is shown as comprising .a casing and suitable stuffing or filling material. If desired, this filling material may include light upholstery springs.

As appears fro-m i, the arm A com-- prises a lower horizontal frame member 15; an upper round 16; a connecting sheet or board 17 and an upholstery pad 18. Theend spring-units 7 are provided with wings or extensions 7 which partially overlie the arms A as appears in Fig. i; and as will be understood from Fig. 2, the cushion lBis provided with extensions 13 which overlie the arms and cover the spring-extensions 7. The end skirts of the back-cushion are divided. The portion of the skirt above the arm passes outside the end standard 1 and is tacked to the rear surface of the end standard, as :indicated at 19 in Fig. 2; anda portion below .the

arm passes through the slot 12, 4 and is tacked to the rear edge of the inner upright 4, as indicated at 20 in Figs. 2 and 3. However, it is obvious that ,thelower skirt portions may be tacked to the end standards 1, if desired. (See Fig. 3.)

Ordinarily, a fabric end pad will be applied to the rearof the sofa-back to finish the structure. This feature has not been shown, however.

The construction described enables a sofa to be upholstered easily and expeditiously. The need for skilled upholsterers is not so great in a construction of the description given, and the construction also enables con siderable labor-saving to be effected.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible, in view of'the prior art.

\Vhat I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

"1. A sofa comprising a seat, arms, and back, said back having a frame provided with vertical end slots and an intervening vertical slot dividing the back-frame into vertical sections; spring-construction units mounted on said sections; and a back-cushion covering the spring structure, said cushion having a skirt whose end-portions extend through said end slots and having an intermediate skirt-portion which extends through said intermediate slot, said skirt-portion beingsecured to the rear porton of the backframe.

9'. A sofa comprising a seat, arms, and back, said back having a frame comprising main standards, adjacent uprights separated therefrom by slots, and intermediate pairs of uprights whose members are separated by vertical slots; spring-construction units mounted on the vertical sections of the back frame thus provided and separated by spaces; a fabric stretched over said units and secured to the back-frame, said fabric having vertical slots corresponding with the spaces between the units; and a back-cushion equipped with a marginal skirt secured to the upper and lower members of the back-frame and having end portions extending through the end slots of .the frame and having intermediate skirt-portions extending through the between the cushion units and secured rte-the uprights.

3.. A sofa comprising a seat, arms, and ;back,said back having a frame provided with vertical tend slots and intermediate slots dividing the frame into vertical sections; spring-construction units mounted on said sections and separated from each other by vertical spaces and also separated from said arms by vertical spaces; 211C. cushion comprising vertical units equipped with skirt portions, the vertical skirt portions e:-:tending through said slots and secured to the back-frame and the horizontal skirt portions extending over the horizontal members of the back frame and secured thereto.

LAJVRENCE BEnL.

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